Cecil Roberts

Wild boars were released by the Department of Natural Resources as a game species for reclaimed surface mines

M. Blane Michael served as assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York

A $30 state clothing allowance reached about 44,000 welfare children

Morgantown Glassware Guild closed

John Norman was named the Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail West Virginian of the Year

Phase I of the WVU Personal Rapid Transit project was completed

William Page Pitt retired

Nick Rahall graduated from Duke University

C. Donald Robertson was indicted on federal charges of taking kickbacks on FHA low-income housing assistance

An extended care facility was added to St. Francis Hospital

Alex Schoenbaum and Ray Danner merged their companies to form Shoney's Big Boy Enterprises

The first permanent building of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College was dedicated in Williamson

Leon Sullivan was appointed to the board of directors of General Motors

Both Honey in the Rock and Hatfields and McCoy were performed by Theatre West Virginia

The woolen mill in Parsons closed

ACTION became the federal agency that oversaw VISTA and the Peace Corps

Charleston returned to the International League in baseball

An editorial advisory board for the West Virginia History was created

The Coliseum basketball arena was completed at WVU

Robert Kreis instituted Wheeling Symphony's first concert tours

Bill Withers released his first album, Just As I am

WVU at Parkersburg separated from WVU to the state's first community college

Chuck Yeager was assigned as U.S. defense representative to Pakistan

John Zontini was inducted into the West Virginia Sports Writers' Hall of Fame

Barry Vance began spending summers painting in the Shenandoah Valley

Clyde Ware's second novel, The Eden Tree, was published

UMWA president Arnold Miller was reelected

Governor Rockefeller decided to build Mountaineer Field

Don Nehlen became assistant coach at Michigan

The WOAY-TV Saturday Night Wrestling show stopped being aired

E. Keith Stotts became president of Ohio Valley University

North Fork area acquired modern dial telephone service

Joe Powell was elected president of Wet Virginia Labor Federation.

Nick Rahall entered Congress as its youngest member

The Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston purchased the St. John's Chapel property adjacent to Sweet Springs resort in Monroe County

Remodeling and expansion of St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg was completed

Leon Sullivan initiated the original Sullivan Principles

Live-in caretakers began living at the Twin Falls pioneer farm

The University of California Press issued The Complete Uncle Abner

Uncle Homer Walker was the subject of the film, Banjo Man

Donald Dishinger became conductor of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Beth Walker graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan

Henry Payne became the first editorial cartoonist to make his work available via computer

Bernard W. Schmitt became bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston

The Harrison Rural Electrification Association had 4,713 customers

The Smoot Theater was rescued by a citizen group headed by Felice Jorgeson

The Crain v. Bordenkircher case changed state policies regarding the prison system

The Jewell v. Manard case required legislature to redesign the system for compensating court-appointed attorneys

Union Carbide and Indian government reached a settlement for the Bhopal plant incident

The Ohio Valley Unitarian Universalist Congregation built a church near Wheeling

The Pittston Company tried to abrogate commitments to the UMWA welfare and retirement fund

Weirton Steel stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra celebrated 50 years

Ruby Memorial Hospital was designated the state's first level one trauma center

Construction of a Ronald McDonald House began in Morgantown

New owners led Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel out of bankruptcy

WVU at Parkersburg was re-affiliated with WVU

Don Blankenship became president of Massey Coal Services

Dennis Harrah was inducted into the Miami University Sports Hall of Fame